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2 A2B Drumgelloch - Bathgatereopening in progress due Dec 2010by the Scottish Parliament

3 GARL Glasgow Airport new rail linkby the Scottish Parliament November 2002due to open 2012 but cancelled 2009

4 Unrecorded, refer to 63

5 Edinburgh suburban line reopeningNovember 2002, cancelled 2009

6 Penicuik reopening proposalNovember 2002

7 Borders reopening under planningby the Scottish Parliament

8 Blythe & Tyne and Leamside lines reopening proposalSeptember 2002 and Feb 2008Also Ashington & Blythe and Washington proposals by ATOC Connecting Communities June 2009

9 Penrith - Keswick reopening proposal

10 Stanhope - Bishops Aucklandreopening proposalNovember 2002

11 Pickering - Rillington reopeningto enable through service over Yorkshire Moors railway

12 Wensleydale Railway: Northallerton - Leaming Bar - Leyburn - RedmireNovember 2002

13 Rippon reopening proposalJuly 2004

14 Grassington branch reopening proposalSeptember 2002

15 Skipton - Colne reopening proposalSeptember 2002

16 York - Beverley reopening proposalby East Riding Council December 2006

17 Fleetwood reopening proposalAlso proposed by ATOC Connecting Communities June 2009

18 Bootle - Aintree, Edge Hill - Bootle, St Helens Junction -St Helens Central and Burscough curves reopening proposalsby Merseyrail January 2007

19 Woodhead route reopening proposal Stocksbridge - Penistone - Hadfieldcapacity enhancement scheme by Railtrack

20 Caernarfon - Bangor line reopening proposalOctober 2004

21 Sandbach - Northwich reopening proposal

22 Matlock - Millers Dale reopening proposalcapacity enhancement scheme by Railtrack

23 GN&GE joint line reopening proposalSeptember 2004

24 Wisbech line reopening proposal April 2002Also Wisbech proposal by ATOC Connecting Communities June 2009

25 Ivanhoe line: Burton-on-Trent - Leicester reopening proposalAlso proposed by ATOC Connecting Communities June 2009

26 Stourbridge - Walsall - Lichfieldreopening proposalAlso Brownhills proposal by ATOC Connecting Communities June 2009

27 Sections of Grand Junction main line Wolverhampton - Stetchford now being used by new Wrexham, Shropshire & Marylebone Railway service

28 Kings Norton - Camp Hill - New Street reopening proposal(also a possible spur into Moor Street) February 2006

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30 Cambridge - St Ives branchreopening proposalAugust 2004

31 Saxmunham - Leiston reopening proposalSuffolk County Council supports a feasibility study when Sizewell nuclear power station is decommisioned, possibly 2012; extending to Aldeburgh has not been ruled outNovember 2006

32 Cambridge - Haverhill (phase 1) - Sudbury reopening proposalAugust 2004

33 Stanstead - Braintree branch reopening proposalSeptember 2002

34 Varsity line reopening proposalTwo sections Bicester - Bletchley and Bedford - Letchworth

34b Alternative East-West route proposal via new Stewartby chord and new Luton-Stevenage line EWRC Mar 2009

35 Northampton - Bedford branch reopening proposal

36 Aylesbury - M1/M6, Princess Risborough - Oxford, Princess Risborough - M42 and spur to Bicester Town reopening proposalsfranchise proposals by Chiltern Railways for Great Central main line. Subsequently Chiltern to build spur for new Marylebone-Oxford service 2012/13

37 Dunstable reopening proposalmight be a guided busway

38 Stratford - Cheltenham reopening proposalcapacity enhancement scheme by Railtrack and NR/St Modwen Long Marton - Stratford South 4/08

39 Link to Newport; proposed extension to Ebbw Vale Townfrom Parkway (could open 2010, previously 2014); and proposed Abertillery branch from AberbeegDecember 2007

40 Pontyclun - Beddau reopening proposalby Sewta (South East Wales Transport Alliance) December 2006

41 Oxford - Witney reopening proposal

42 New Heathrow - St Pancras service, new spur to GWML west and new line Heathrow to southby BAA

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45 Portishead branch reopening proposal

46 Bentley - Bordon reopening proposal target date 2017by Bordon’s transport group December 2006Also proposed by ATOC Connecting CommunitiesJune 2009

47 Cranleigh branch reopening proposalAlso proposed by ATOC Connecting CommunitiesJune 2009

48 Tavistock reopening proposal for 2011/12Ealing Community Trust June 2007

49 Eridge - Tunbridge Wells reopening proposal

50 St Austell - Newquayconversion of mineral line to replace route to Par

51 Connection of Swanage Railway to main line and throughservices

52 Fawley branch reopening proposal to Hythe

53 Uckfield - Lewes reopening proposal

54 Shanklin - Ventnor reopening proposal

55 Manchester: Ordsall curve proposal

56 Larkhall - Stonehouse reopening proposal

57 New East Midlands Parkway station openingDecember 2008

58 New Southend Airport station openingsummer 2009

59 Dornoch cut-off proposal(and closure Lairg - Golspie)

60 Lichfield-Wichnor Junctionreopening proposal

61 Thornton Junction - Leven andLeuchars Junction - St Andrewsreopening proposalsby South East of Scotland Transport Partnership

62 Not shown Walsall - Sutton Park - Water Orton, also new chords at Bordesley to Moor Street for new Tamworth service.Options for new West Midlands services by Halcrow for WMPTE

63 Not shown Glasgow CrossrailDebated in Scottish Parliament

64 New Inverness Airport station due 2010

65 New Doncaster Airport station due 2012

66 Reopening proposalWest Norfolk Council Oct 2008

67 Reopening proposal Stockport-Denton-DroylesdenAGMA Nov 2008

68 Possible reopening proposal to Cambois linked to new housing Jan 2008

69 Norfolk orbital proposal

70 One Wales LineProposal by Archimandrite DeiniolEspoused by George Monbiot in The Guardian Dec 2008

71 Brixham proposal by ATOCConnecting Communities June 2009

72 Rawtenstall and Bury proposal by ATOCConnecting Communities June 2009

73 Ringwood proposal by ATOCConnecting Communities June 2009

74 Skelmersdale proposal by ATOCConnecting Communities June 2009